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11:30am EDT

Nani UWU?!?! The Anime Expo attendee got lost at Anthrocon?!?!?

Saturday July 5, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Waaahh I’m not at Anime Expo?!?! I’m at Anthrocon?!?! With both big cons happening always the same week, it’s almost like two polar opposites are happening on both sides of the country…or is it? This panel will not only compare and contrast anime and furry cons, how they operate and the types of events that happen, but also reveal the hidden origin of both otaku and anime fandoms, and celebrate our common ancestor Mark Merlino!!

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Kamen

Saturday July 5, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
DLCC 316

Fandom, Culture

7:30pm EDT

Con History: From Costume Masquerade to Fursuit Parade

Saturday July 5, 2025 7:30pm - 8:30pm EDT

DLCC 407

85 years at Chicon, the 2nd Worldcon in 1940, a female costume maker known by the alias Morojo opened up her room, 689 in the Hotel Chicagoan, as a changing room for the first Costume Masquerade. Morojo’s room would be considered the first Con Suite and Cosplay Lounge. 50 years later these elements would evolve into the Headless Lounge and Fursuit Parade at the first furry cons. Join us for a 85 year long journey from the first fan conventions to the modern cons to today, and show how we are all part of one larger fandom family.

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Con History

Convention History Project

Founded in 2013, the Convention History Project is a group founded by university students meant to document the history of modern fan conventions, covering all genres from stf, sci-fi, comics, anime, furry, Trekkie, brony, and more, all extending from the 1939 Worldcon model. Convention... Read More →

Saturday July 5, 2025 7:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Culture

Anthrocon 2025

11:30am EDT

Kamen

7:30pm EDT

Con History

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